Acer DeVille
Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:49:55 pm
Ok, I'm back again 
I partitioned my HDD into three partitions, a 100G NTFS Windows 7, a 150G Fat32 Common partition, containing the Documents, Pictures, and a couple of other folders, basically this PC is used as a HTPC and a Backup media in this folder, and a 100G EXT3 Zorin partition. I started the Zorin installation, got to the partition screen and realized I forgot to make a Swap partition. Simple, just select the EXT3 partition, and reduce the size by the size of the swap, NO PROBLEM 
. So why did I select the Common folder, and try to cut a small partition out of it. Right as I clicked Enter, I realized what I had done, and clicked cancel. So I now have a 150G, well TestDisk called it a "Misconfigured Fat", Foremost called it a "(something) Swap".
I installed these as they were the most recommended. However I am not comfortable enough, or confident enough to tackle a command line of this nature, and required skill. I am looking for something with a GUI. I'm getting better at the CLI, and I have even made an ubuntu install on another computer specifically for learning the command line. This is a throwaway install, that I can just reinstall if I mess up. But I haven't progressed this far yet.
I'm sure I have these files backed up somewhere else, as I have learned the hard way to have everyting backed up to at least three places, by three different means. I have actually had three backups of the same information fail, and one of those was a simple (right-click)>copy to a different HDD. That's my luck. But I need to at least get my file names, so I can recopy from another source.
Have I mentioned that you guys here ROCK! I have always gotten good advice, without any attitude over my stupidity
of the current situation. That is why Zorn is my main Linux install, even if I do like to play with some of the distro's with more eye candy, or slightly more difficult to work so I can learn more than I currently know.
I partitioned my HDD into three partitions, a 100G NTFS Windows 7, a 150G Fat32 Common partition, containing the Documents, Pictures, and a couple of other folders, basically this PC is used as a HTPC and a Backup media in this folder, and a 100G EXT3 Zorin partition. I started the Zorin installation, got to the partition screen and realized I forgot to make a Swap partition. Simple, just select the EXT3 partition, and reduce the size by the size of the swap, NO PROBLEM . So why did I select the Common folder, and try to cut a small partition out of it. Right as I clicked Enter, I realized what I had done, and clicked cancel. So I now have a 150G, well TestDisk called it a "Misconfigured Fat", Foremost called it a "(something) Swap". I installed these as they were the most recommended. However I am not comfortable enough, or confident enough to tackle a command line of this nature, and required skill. I am looking for something with a GUI. I'm getting better at the CLI, and I have even made an ubuntu install on another computer specifically for learning the command line. This is a throwaway install, that I can just reinstall if I mess up. But I haven't progressed this far yet.
I'm sure I have these files backed up somewhere else, as I have learned the hard way to have everyting backed up to at least three places, by three different means. I have actually had three backups of the same information fail, and one of those was a simple (right-click)>copy to a different HDD. That's my luck. But I need to at least get my file names, so I can recopy from another source.
Have I mentioned that you guys here ROCK! I have always gotten good advice, without any attitude over my stupidity
of the current situation. That is why Zorn is my main Linux install, even if I do like to play with some of the distro's with more eye candy, or slightly more difficult to work so I can learn more than I currently know.
